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Whilst most coral species are identified entirely by their skeletons, for Euphyllia species it is necessary to look at the living coral polyp to distinguish between different species (3). The coral polyp is basically an anemone-like animal that secretes a skeleton, and possesses tentacles, and polyps form colonies which join together at the base of their skeletons. Each of the 15 species of Euphyllia that are currently known has very differently shaped large and fleshy tentacles, which are extended during the day and night (3).
It is thought that the differences in the shape of tentacles between Euphyllia species may be related to specialised feeding habits (3). These tentacles, unlike many other corals, do not possess clusters of stinging cells, and so may be adapted to capture food particles using water and cilia (microscopic hair-like projections) (3). Euphyllia corals also possess specialised tentacles that extend further than the normal feeding tentacles. These 'sweeper tentacles', can extend up to eight inches further than the normal tentacles and have numerous powerful stinging cells (nematocysts), that can cause significant localised damage to other corals that are growing nearby (5). On reefs where there is fierce competition for space, this is an extremely good defensive adaptation to possess.
Euphyllia corals have separate male and female colonies (not all corals do), and most release eggs and sperm for external fertilization in the water, which then form larvae. In equatorial localities however, some may brood larvae internally (3). In captivity, asexual reproduction is much more common (5).
Occurs in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from Indonesia to southern Japan, northern Australia and Fiji (4).
Euphyllia corals occur in a wide range of reef environments; particularly shallow reefs (4).
Euphyllia corals face the many threats that are impacting coral reefs globally. It is estimated that 20 percent of the world's coral reefs have already been effectively destroyed and show no immediate prospects of recovery, and 24 percent of the world's reefs are under imminent risk of collapse due to human pressures. These human impacts include poor land management practices that are releasing more sediment, nutrients and pollutants into the oceans and stressing the fragile reef ecosystem. Over fishing has 'knock-on' effects that results in the increase of macro-algae that can out-compete and smother corals, and fishing using destructive methods physically devastates the reef. A further potential threat is the increase of coral bleaching events, as a result of global climate change (6). A more specific potential threat to Euphyllia corals is harvesting. Its colourful fleshy tentacles make it a desirable species for aquariums, and is therefore one of the species that dominates the live coral trade (7).
Euphyllia corals are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which means that trade in this species should be carefully regulated (2). Indonesia has a quota system for corals, monitored though CITES. The aim of the quotas are to ensure harvest are kept at a sustainable level, but in reality, they are hard to set at the right level due to a lack of knowledge regarding coral biology. In 1999 the European Union CITES Scientific Review Group considered that some of the Indonesian quotas were too high and placed a ban on the import of E. divisa and E. glabrescens, and then in 2000 extended this trade suspension to all Euphyllia species (8) (9). Euphyllia corals will form part of the marine community in many marine protected areas (MPAs), which offer coral reefs a degree of protection, and there are many calls from non-governmental organisations for larger MPAs to ensure the persistence of these unique and fascinating ecosystems (6).
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Augustana Mourns the Loss of Professor, Alumnus Killed in Plane Crash
Augustana officials have learned that Dr. Daniel Swets, associate professor and chair of computer science and mathematics, and Kevin Anderson, Augustana class of 1987 and a staff member of the Sioux Falls School District, were among four people killed in a plane crash earlier today near the Sioux Falls Regional Airport.
It is believed Dr. Swets, age 47, was on his way to a robotics meeting in Rapid City. He was currently serving as president of the South Dakota Robotics Association.
"We are deeply saddened at the tragic loss of Dan, our dear friend and colleague; Kevin, an Augustana alumnus; and the other passengers on board. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Robyn, Dan's wife; his children, Joe, Kira, Megan and Ben; and to the families of the other passengers," said Rob Oliver, president. "Dan was an incredibly talented scientist and respected teacher who touched the lives of thousands of students during his 16 years at Augustana. He will be deeply missed."
Augustana is planning a memorial service to celebrate Swets' life and accomplishments. More details on the memorial service will be made available soon.
Dr. Swets received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1986. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., in 1991 and 1996, respectively.
Since 1983, Dr. Swets had been a computer consultant to the small business community. From 1986-1987, he was employed as a software engineer at Rockwell International, Downey, Calif., on the Space Shuttle Orbiter Backup Flight System. From 1987-1992, Dr. Swets was an aerospace software engineer at Smiths Industries, Grand Rapids, working on embedded software for flight systems and ground station software. From 1990-1991, he was an instructor at the Grand Rapids Community College and at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich. He was an Ameritech Fellow at Michigan State University, East Lansing, from 1994-1995, while pursuing his Ph.D. degree.
He served as the associate director for the NASA South Dakota Space Grant Consortium and was chair of the NASA EPSCoR Steering Committee in South Dakota.
At Augustana, Swets taught the hardware sequence for computer science majors and was responsible for many of the upper-level electives in the department, such as Graphics, Networks, and Parallel Processing. His current research interests included algorithm development for remote sensing, computer vision, content-based image retrieval, computer graphics, virtual reality and robotics.
He also served as a partner at the South Dakota FIRST LEGO League.
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The theme of this blog is dreams, large and small, of a positive future. The beat, in the newspaper sense of the word, is the future of business, the economy, civilization, and living systems of our planet.
I am interested in plausible positive visions of the future because they are much needed and in short supply. By plausible positive visions I mean visions of a future worth living that take into account the evidence that civilization is on a path to disaster. To steer our way to a decent future we must embrace challenges such as climate change, the growing distance between rich and poor, future natural resource shortages, racism, toxic build up and loss of genetic diversity. How can we find the courage to do so?
According to Rollo May in The Courage to Create:
We are called upon to do something new, to confront a no man's land, to push into a forest where there are no well worn paths and from which no one has returned to guide us… this requires a degree of courage for which there is no immediate precedent…
This courage will not be the opposite of despair. We shall often be faced with despair, as indeed every sensitive person has been during the last several decades in this country. Hence Kierkegaard and Nietszche and Camus and Sartre have proclaimed that courage is not the absence of despair; it is rather the capacity to move ahead in spite of despair.
I live with the knowledge that the path our civilization is on threatens the life support systems on which we rely for our existence. And yet I have hope that there is much we can do both to reduce the climate changes and to mitigate their effects. Let us imagine a plausible future worth living. Then we will find the energy to work aggressively towards its realization.
The human race is failing to act boldly to address critical challenges that we must address to guarantee the continued existence of a peaceful orderly society. It is time to act, otherwise, as we run out of resources and habitable lands, humanity will descend into barbarism, widespread starvation and continual war punctuated by frequent terror attacks. In the future, even more than now, social justice and the environment are part of a single system.
Why, for example, do we not act to stop catastrophic climate change? It is not for lack of information pointing to the problem. Is it because most people, short of giving up most of what they believe makes them happy, do not see a alternative to going on more or less as we are.
I will be seeking a future that spreads the benefits of society more broadly to all members. We need this not only because it is fair but because the power of the disenfranchised through terror is increasing. We can't afford to steal from others to the same degree that we have done in the past.
This blog is a creative exploration of more positive ways to face the future. I hope the conversations this blog participates in will contribute to what I believe is one of society's major creative challenges: the creation and sharing of new visions that attract people in their lifesyles, politics and businesses to move joyfully toward a future that can work for future generations.
This blog will contain:
- Designs for small parts of a future worth living
- Product and service designs that point to a happy future
- Social and cultural patterns and institutions
- Larger system visions
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Oil Market Update (February 20, 2013)
A brief overview of oil price developments, supply and demand and significant market movers.
Oil prices fell on Tuesday as investors showed caution on the back of recent gains and prepared for US trading to resume after the Presidents' Day holiday.
Analysts noted that investors have bought into oil markets speculatively in recent weeks on the back of hopes for a stronger recovery in the global economy.
Russian oil major Rosneft (MCX:ROSN) announced that it will receive a $14.12-billion line of credit from a group of international banks to help pay for its $55-billion acquisition of TNK-BP. It has now borrowed a total of $30 billion. A syndicate of banks including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup has agreed to provide the financing following a similar deal in December.
By early afternoon on Tuesday, West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery was up 13 cents, at $95.98 a barrel, in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. NYMEX floor trading was closed on Monday. Meanwhile, Brent crude was down 34 cents, at $117.02 a barrel, on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
A surge in crude production has pushed US output to the highest level since 1992, a development that many analysts feel could further reduce the nation's reliance on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
The world's largest crude consumer has cut net petroleum imports from OPEC by 37 percent from the January 2008 record of 6.371 million barrels a day, according to a report by Bloomberg.
"Increasing amounts of North American oil production puts pressure on OPEC to find other markets for their oil," said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates. "It changes the political dynamics between the U.S. and OPEC."
BP (NYSE:BP,LSE:BP) is preparing for next week's federal civil trial in the Deepwater Horizon Multi-District Litigation pending in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
This proceeding is the first of at least two phases the court has set for the trial. The first phase will be focused on the causes of the Deepwater Horizon accident, as well as who should be held responsible and to what degree. Oil flow rates and the quantification of barrels of oil spilled will be addressed in the second phase, which is scheduled to begin in September 2013.
BP said it believes the government's public estimate of 4.9 million barrels of oil released is at least 20 percent overstated.
New Brunswick Premier David Alward travelled to Montreal earlier this week in an attempt to convince Premier Pauline Marois that moving Alberta oil to the East Coast through Quebec would benefit all provinces.
Alward informed Marois about his most recent visit to Western Canada and was eager to discuss the provincial government's support for a pipeline linking Alberta to New Brunswick. Marois responded that Quebec is not opposed to the initiative, but more in-depth analysis is needed.
"The Premier of New Brunswick spoke to me about a pipeline construction project today," she said. "We agreed that more information and analysis is required to ensure that all technical, environmental, and economic issues related to this project respond to the interests of Quebecers. We have agreed to form a working group on this matter."
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In scooter/motorbike engines coherent and stable tumble motion generation is still considered an effective mean in order to both reduce engine emissions and promote higher levels of combustion efficiency. The scientific research also assessed that squish motion is an effective mean for speeding up the combustion in a combustion process already fast. In a previous technical paper the authors demonstrated that for an engine having a high C/D ratio the squish motion is not only not necessary but also detrimental for the stability of the tumble motion itself, because there is a strong interaction between these two motions with the consequent formation of secondary vortices, which in turn penalizes the tumble breakdown and the turbulent kinetic energy production.


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Other metadata fields to include in the file document.
These fields may also overwrite those that would be created automatically by the driver, as described in the MongoDB core documentation for the » files collection. Some practical use cases for this behavior would be to specify a custom chunkSize or _id for the file.
An array of options for the insert operations executed against the chunks and files collections. See MongoCollection::insert() for documentation on these these options.
Returns the _id of the saved file document. This will be a generated MongoId unless an _id was explicitly specified in the
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Example #1 MongoGridFS::storeBytes() with additional metadata
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$bytes = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
$id = $gridfs->storeBytes($bytes, array('_id' => 'alphabet'));
$gridfsFile = $gridfs->get($id);
The above example will output something similar to:
array(7) { ["_id"]=> string(8) "alphabet" ["uploadDate"]=> object(MongoDate)#7 (0) { } ["length"]=> int(26) ["chunkSize"]=> int(262144) ["md5"]=> string(32) "c3fcd3d76192e4007dfb496cca67e13b" }


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Over at MTV Multiplayer, Stephen Totilo is hip-deep in Reviews Week, his week-long look at all things having to do with game reviews, from advertising concerns to stupid PR tricks, such as the following
response former GameSpot reviewer Alex Navarro received when asking a PR rep when the review for a certain Wii game could be posted.
If the review is 9.0 or higher you can post immediately. Lower than 9.0, could you please hold until launch day, November 19th? Thanks.
Based on communications I've had with PR people over the years, yeah...I could definitely see this happening. In this case the GameSpot folks opted to just buy the game at a store and review it, but it makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Video Game Company To Wii Reviewer: Save The Panning For Later, Okay? [MTV Multiplayer]


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Addressing life-threatening hunger in Niger
Action Against Hunger's communications officer in Senegal, Susan Saunders, reports from Niger.
Feb 10 2014
'I'm in rural Niger, visiting our nutrition and food security programmes in Mayahi, a rural area of Maradi region, with Ousmane, our Advocacy Officer for Niger. As we drive through the hustle and bustle of Maradi, the nation's commercial capital, it's strange to think that this region also has some of the highest malnutrition rates in the country. After a 30-minute drive, however, the scenery changes: the paved road, shops, houses, and cars are replaced by sand, trees, and straw huts. Here, I get my first glimpse of the challenges of living and working in rural Niger.
The next morning, we join the team at Mayahi district hospital, where we work with the Ministry of Health to support inpatient care for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition. There are 53 children receiving treatment here, and as I accompany the doctor on his rounds, I speak with some of their families.
I talk to Mabaruka, whose daughter is in intensive care—at four months old, she weighs only six pounds. Mabaruka tells me she's had trouble nursing. At first she sought traditional remedies, but they were expensive and ineffective. When her daughter continued to lose weight, local health center staff referred her to the hospital. Since arriving nine days ago, the nurses have helped Mabaruka with breastfeeding, and her daughter is receiving much-needed treatment.
I also talk to Alima, who brought her granddaughter Baru from a village about 20 miles away. Baru has been sick for two weeks with diarrhea and vomiting. When Alima brought her to their local health center, the staff explained that Baru was suffering from malaria and malnutrition, and needed to be hospitalized. When they arrived at the hospital, Alima thought Baru would die. But after just six days in the hospital, she's doing much better. She can even sit up and feed herself.
We leave the hospital to visit some communities where we're providing food security and livelihoods assistance. Farmers explain the many difficulties they face: growing families, land scarcity, and limited access to clean water, to name a few. Fortunately, our livelihoods projects are helping. We've distributed livestock to herders, helped farmers store their produce for the lean season, and provided cash transfers so vulnerable families can buy food.
Malnutrition is an everyday emergency that claims thousands of lives each year. For example, in 2013—a non-food crisis year—more than 350,000 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition in Niger. The people I've had the privilege of speaking to during my time in Mayahi have given me insight into why the country struggles with malnutrition. Difficulty growing and buying food, limited access to healthcare and clean water, a lack of knowledge about nutrition, and poverty—among many other reasons—all contribute to high malnutrition rates. Though I've seen just a glimpse of the problem, one thing is clear: if we want to make a lasting difference in the fight against malnutrition, then we need to address its underlying causes.'
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- In Como, enjoy a walking tour and an organ concert in the city's 14th-century marble cathedral, before reboarding the Danube Express, traveling to Milan, and disembarking a final time.
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Says a tweet from the Montreal Police. Who knew an internet petition could actually do something.
I'm going to assume it's Mabus, since he's been particularly quiet lately. Unless there's a surprise twist, and Mabus's mom was the one sending all of the threats. Or if the internet was directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Mabus is PZ Myers.
I hope this man gets the help he needs.


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Patrick Williams (born October 24, 1972 in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American football defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League. Along with Kevin Williams (no relation), he forms the "Williams Wall." He was signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 1997. He played college football at Texas A&M. Williams is a three-time Pro Bowl selection.
After graduating from Wossman High School in Monroe, LA, Williams attended Navarro College, where he was a two-time junior college All-American in 1992 and 1993. He initially transferred to Texas A&M University in 1994, but failed the math portion of a junior-college exit exam and was ruled ineligible for the 1994 season. He transferred again to Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, where he graduated in 1995, before returning to Texas A&M. Williams earned 2nd-team All-SWC as a junior in 1995 in only 6 starts. He also started 8 games and appeared in 11 as a senior.
Williams went undrafted in the 1997 NFL Draft, and signed with the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent the same year. He played in just one game his rookie season. During the 1998–2000 seasons, he was a regular contributor, but did not become a regular starter until the 2001 season. In 2000, he was named to USA Today's All-Joe Team, recognizing the NFL's most "overlooked, ignored and hard-working" players. Williams intercepted his first career pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown, picking off Miami Dolphins quarterback A.J. Feeley on December 5, 2004, sealing the win for Buffalo 42-32 and breaking open a 3-point game with 1:55 left to play. Williams was named 2003 winner of the Ed Block Courage Award by his teammates. During his final four seasons with the Bills (2001–2004), he started in all but four games. He became a free agent after the 2004 season.


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First, you say use Java instead of Mono when Java is backed by a significantly worse company as far as open-source is concerned: Oracle.
Second, you say that we (the open-source world) doesn't need C#. This is inconsistent with the meaning of Free Software and by saying this, you prove that you do not support Free software at all - even though you claim you do.
Third, you celebrate when open-source developers lose their jobs. Great, now they will finally get the chance to work for some closed-source, windows-only company. Happy?
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Being that it's Halloween time, movie theaters should be packed with scary movies. But this year, the fright-fest seems a little light, with the fourth Paranormal Activity and Sinister being about all there is. It's a positive development, with studios having finally moved away from the endless slasher sequels, 1970s remakes, and torture-porn trash that typified horror films for so many years. The trend now, and it's a good one, seems to be towards found-footage frights of the post-Blair Witch variety and amped-up variations on the old haunted house stories. Then you've got your zombie movies.
Now there's The Bay, something of a genre-stew that comes courtesy of Paranormal Activity producer Jason Blum and, oddly enough, director Barry Levinson. Better known for Baltimore-set character studies and Homicide, Levinson this time helms a conspiracy- and ecological horror-tinged story (supposedly told via found footage confiscated by the federal government and then leaked) about mysterious events in an idyllic Maryland oceanside town. Flesh-eating somethings, zombies, and plague quarantines look to be just part of the queasy, blood-spattered mayhem.
You can see the trailer below; just wait for the scene with the man holding a fish by the mouth:


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November 30, 2012
Superstorm Sandy roared into New York this past October, shutting down Lower Manhattan and causing widespread devastation. At PRSA, we were working on our Conference postmortem, our end-of year leadership transition and wrapping up some year-end projects when Mother Nature changed our plans.
Even though our offices lost water, electricity, heat and telecommunications services, we were fortunate, as other businesses in our neighborhood were literally under-water. In the aftermath of the storm, many individuals, including some of our staff, had to contend with basic issues of staying warm and finding a place to live or something to eat.
For some small- and medium-sized organizations in Lower Manhattan, Superstorm Sandy will be their last chapter. For PRSA, a combination of preparedness, hard work — and a dollop of luck —enabled us to fully resume our normal operations within a few hours of having our crucial utilities restored. And some of our most popular benefits, such as Jobcenter resources, remained available to our members throughout the storm.
During the storm and its aftermath, we were able to quickly access key contact information, post messages to members on our website, put our email system into a slowdown mode, and communicate with our staff and board about our respective situations and prospects for recovery.
As 2012 closes, I'm happy to report that while Sandy did impact our operations, and will have some effect on our business, the storm didn't knock us off course for the year.
First and foremost, membership continues its modest post-recession climb. One of the largest external factors affecting membership is the state of the economy, and given the continuing uncertainty, we're pleased that we are continuing to meet all of our strategic objectives for the year.
Against this backdrop, we've done a number of things this year to make PRSA membership even more valuable to you:
Every year brings unexpected opportunities and challenges. Sandy was a challenge, but in the aftermath, we conducted a self-assessment of what worked well, and what we could have done differently. We're compiling a list of lessons learned, and taking steps to ensure that we're even better prepared for what may come in the future.


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LG Optimus G Brings Easier Multitasking, Quad-Core Power
Apple, Nokia and Motorola each had their moment in the spotlight. Now it's LG's turn.
Today, the South Korean consumer electronics company revealed its latest flagship smartphone, the LG Optimus G, an Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset packed with some of the latest technology and a unique user experience.
The Optimus G is powered by Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, which promises more speed, power and longer battery life. It has a 4.7-inch, 1,280 by 768-pixel HD touchscreen with a 15:9 aspect ratio. The 4G LTE-capable smartphone also includes a 13-megapixel camera on the back, a front-facing 1.3-megapixel camera and NFC.
LG says the Optimus G's back cover has a polarized pattern that's reminiscent of a jewel. But if you look at today's touchscreen smartphones, it's hard to tell one from the other, so one way the device manufacturers like to differentiate their devices from the competition is through the user experience.
LG has added a number of features to the Optimus G that will make multitasking easier and give users more customization options. For example, the QSlide Function shows two different screens, so you can work in two apps simultaneously. Another new tool is the Icon Personalizer, which lets you resize and add your own photos to app icons.
The LG Optimus G goes on sale in Korea next week and will launch in other "key global markets" in October. According to The Verge, the smartphone will go on sale in the U.S in November, where it will face competition from the Android-based Samsung Galaxy S III, as well as other flagship devices like the iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920.
LG is scheduled to hold an event with Qualcomm in New York on Wednesday, so we may hear more about the smartphone and its U.S. launch then. AllThingsD will be in attendance, so check back for more details.


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Caving Missouri
The Kansas City Public Library and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources present a series of five programs in March that highlight many of the recreational offerings available in the state of Missouri.
In the third of five programs, Kathryn DiFoxfire presents a multi-media look at caving in Missouri's State Parks in a talk titled Caving in Missouri's State Parks on Tuesday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m.at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.
DiFoxfire will show slides and a 15-minute DVD about caving in Missouri. She will also demonstrate the proper use of caving equipment and share pointers for caving aficionados and novices.
Other events in the Experiencing Missouri series include: Backpacking Missouri on Tuesday, March 24; and Fishing Missouri on Tuesday, March 31.
Admission is free. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available in the Library District Parking Garage located at 10th and Baltimore.
The series complements the Painting Missouri exhibit now on display at the Central Library. Painting Missouri is a collection of 115 oil paintings by internationally known artist Billyo O'Donnell depicting all 114 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis. The exhibit is on display through May 3rd at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.


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Check Out These Great Photos of the Krewe of Centaur
One of my buddies on our Krewe of Centaur float "Party in Valhalla" took some incredible photos of the crowd during the parade. I wanted to share these fabulous photos with you.
Thanks to Roger Smithson for taking these spectacular photos during our ride through the streets of Shreveport on Saturday (Feb. 22)!
If you were among the crowd during the big parade, check these out. You might see yourself, or someone you know!!


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The show that started back in 2006 as a spin-off of Laguna Beach is finally coming to an end tonight. A quick look at the above cast photo of the current cast tells you all you need to know about the changes the show has endured since it premiered 4 years ago.
Another look at the above cast is also a great indication of why most fans of the show are more than ready for it to be finally over. Quite frankly, the Hills today is simply not the show we all fell in love with several years ago. From Heidi Montag's atrocious cartoonish phsycial change to numerous reports of the entire show being fake and the cast actually being given scripts, it becomes more apparent as to why the show's ratings have taken a tremendous dip in the last few seasons.
The departure of the show's star Lauren Conrad, who has since written a best seller, and addition of the proclaimed "bitch" Kristin Cavallari, who made headlines this year for allegedly being a coke-head, definitely failed to help matters or resurrect the ailing show. And there's no need to even touch on the additions of the random siblings, aka Stephanie Pratt and Holly Montag.
Not appearing in tonight's finale or after-show are Spencer Pratt and wife Heidi. At first the two's famewhoring shenanigans were obnoxious but somewhat entertaining to watch. Things however took an extreme turn for the darker side when Heidi came out this year with a new face, new boobs, new ears, new butt, new stomach, and new thighs. Just like that, the Heidi/Spencer union stopped being funny. The world suddenly realized just how troubled these two really were.
But the worst had yet to come. Reports then came out that Spencer was kicked off the show for 6 weeks after threatening to kill a female producer on the show. Spencer's hiatus from the show however became permanent when he and his wife falsely accused the show's creator, Adam Divello, of sexually harassing Heidi.
Returning tonight are the show's alums, Lauren and Whitney Port. Lauren jumped ship last year, while Whitney left the show 2 years ago to star on The City. The two will be appearing on the Hill's after show. The Hills series finale airs tonight at 10:00pm Eastern.
Above is the season 1 cast photo of the show back when it was real as well as a before and after of Heidi, kind of puts things into perspective uh?
Moving right along. In true famewhore fashion, there are now reports that Spencer Pratt is planning to crash the Hills' after show party tonight. PEOPLE magazine reports the 26-year-old reality-douche tweeted on Tuesday: "Booking my room @Roosevelt Hotel Hollywood now that I have no place to live I think i should just move in there today (to) stay near the action."
It just so happens that the Hollywood Roosevelt is the location of tonight's finale party for the show. Spencer and his "estranged" wife Heidi are however not on the guest list. Guess it's a chance you take as a famewhore when you decide to falsely accuse the hands that feed you of sexual harassment. The chances of Spencer making it into the party tonight is likely a big zero.


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I have the privilege in my work to be able to both facilitate and participate in a number of online communities of practice (CoP). It's a great opportunity to learn from others as well as share my own experiences and what I have come across. Like many online communities, sometimes they seem to rocket along and at other times they appear to be rather quiet. This has got me thinking about the online communities I'm a part of and question what it is that brings people to them and engage in them.
I have been given the opportunity this year to undertake some research and have decided to focus it (broadly) on what fosters engagement or participation of educators in online communities of practice (particularly in the communities in which I facilitate). While still very much in the development phases, I would like to come away with a better understanding of where educators are accessing their professional learning from and why. It is also an opportunity for me to find out and hopefully trial different strategies to increase participation in the communities within which I facilitate.
I feel like my thoughts are still quite a jumble, which I think is okay at this stage. As I'm going through the process of thinking around why I want to undertake this research and just doing some general wondering around the topic, I've realised how the whole thing kind of aligns with the research I did for my MEd on online student engagement. While there are definitely differences (I'm working with adults rather than middle-school students; participation in the CoPs is completely voluntary), there are also similarities. For example, we still have those that are visibly active and those that are often called lurkers (I prefer the term 'listener' myself). We don't know what impact is being had on those who don't contribute but could still be reading/learning from the community. It's also not clear how deep the engagement is going. For example, someone might be reading and commenting, but there is no impact back into their classroom. Understanding this could be useful in determining steps to encourage greater participation.
The expertise and knowledge held with an online CoP can be incredibly vast. Yet, it appears sometimes that we like to hold on to our own knowledge, or perhaps we don't feel like what we have to share is worthwhile to others. Other times, looking at the various communities, it can appear like we're just after a quick fix, or something to get us by, eg. "Does anyone have a resource/unit on…". I'm not saying this is an issue. It is simply an observation. I've got quite a few other questions and thoughts at this stage as well, but won't list them all here.
If you've read this far – well done on making it through my jumble of thoughts. Hopefully as the year progresses and I get further into my research things will start to become much clearer. I'm looking forward to developing a better understanding of what is going on in the online CoPs and further develop my facilitation skills as a result. I'll try to remember to share my progress here as well.


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From: "John P. Sexton" <jsexton@c...>
Date: Tue Jan 18, 2000 2:02 pm
Subject: Treatment Suggestions?
Hello All
My name is John. I am looking for suggestions on acoustic treatment of the new
studio I am building. This is my second studio, but the first one was pretty
small (two small rooms in a basement) so the acoustic treatment was pretty
easy. (all I did make the space dead) The new studio is in a detached garage,
wooden framed with vinyl siding. I am building rooms within this structure
framed with metal, insulated, covered in black fiberboard, and then finished
with sheetrock. The ceilings are 10 ft, so I am going to put up a dropped
acoustic tile ceiling about 6 inches below the seetrock ceiling. The floor in
the control room will be wood parquet, and the studio will be carpet. (I have
uploaded to the studiotips site a image of the layout) The 8x8 drum booth is
still a maybe. When I get all of the framing up I'll be able to better judge if
it is too small or not. With all of this sheetrock I'll surely need treatment,
but how much? I was thinking maybe a diffusor on the back wall of the control
room, and foam lining the front walls stopping at the console. This is merely a
s.w.a.g. so I am open to suggestions. As for the studio I don't even have a
Thanks in advance,
John P. Sexton


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The outlook for growth in the U.S. economy looks weaker now than it did three months ago, according to the participants in the Third Quarter Survey of Professional Forecasters. The forecasters also see weaker conditions in the labor market.
The forecasters expect real GDP to grow at an annual rate of 1.6 percent this quarter, down from the previous estimate of 2.5 percent. The forecasters see real GDP growing 2.2 percent in 2012. Three months ago, they expected growth of 2.3 percent. Projections for real GDP are 2.1 percent in 2013, 2.7 percent in 2014, and 3.1 percent in 2015.
The unemployment rate is projected to be 8.2 percent in 2012, before falling to 7.9 percent in 2013, 7.3 percent in 2014, and 7.0 percent in 2015. The estimates for unemployment are slightly higher than the projections in the last survey.
The forecasters have revised downward their estimates of growth in jobs over the next four quarters. They see nonfarm payroll employment growing at a rate of 125,000 jobs per month this quarter and 135,300 jobs per month next quarter.
The forecasters' projections for the annual average level of nonfarm payroll employment suggest job gains at a monthly rate of 154,600 in 2012 and 143,200 in 2013.
The forecasters expect current-quarter headline CPI inflation to average 1.5 percent, down from the last survey's estimate of 2.3 percent. The forecasters predict current-quarter headline PCE inflation of 1.5 percent, 0.4 percentage points lower than their previous estimate.
Measured on a fourth-quarter over fourth-quarter basis, headline CPI inflation is expected to average 1.8 percent in 2012, down from 2.3 percent in the last survey; 2.2 percent in 2013, up from 2.1 percent; and 2.3 percent in 2014, down from 2.5 percent.
Forecasters expect fourth-quarter over fourth-quarter headline PCE inflation to average 1.7 percent in 2012, down from 2.1 percent in the last survey; 2.0 percent in 2013, unchanged from the previous estimate; and 2.2 percent in 2014, also unchanged from the previous estimate.
The Survey of Professional Forecasters is a quarterly survey of economic forecasters from across the country. Participants are asked to provide their projections for a broad range of macroeconomic variables, including real GDP, nonfarm payroll employment, and inflation indicators such as CPI and PCE. It is the oldest survey of macroeconomic forecasts in the United States. The survey began in 1968 and was conducted by the American Statistical Association and the National Bureau of Economic Research. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia took over the survey in 1990. The fourth quarter 2012 Survey of Professional Forecasters will be released at 10 a.m., Friday, November 9, 2012. See the schedule of releases.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank and savings and loan holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government. It is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank serves eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.


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This year brings North America two opportunities to view a total eclipse of the moon, the first in the early hours of April 15. The second happens Oct. 8, followed by a partial solar eclipse Oct. 23.
In ancient times, an eclipse may have been seen as an omen, but today, viewing an eclipse serves as a reminder of our journey in the solar system.
Viewing the Lunar Eclipse
The following events are free and open to the public:
• Northern Colorado Astronomical Society at Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area on Carpenter Road, 11:30 p.m. April 14 to 4 a.m. April 15. For information, ncastro.org.
• Little Thompson Observatory just east of Berthoud High School, 10 p.m. April 14 to 3 a.m. April 15; popcorn will be provided inside the observatory while waiting for the eclipse. For information, starkids.org.
Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter will also be visible (weather dependent) through telescopes at both sites.
Up to seven solar and lunar (moon) eclipses can occur in one year, according to Sky and Telescope's website. The last time that happened was in 1982. Just because an eclipse occurs doesn't mean you can see it — you must be at the right spot on earth at the right time.
A lunar eclipse happens when Earth is between the sun and moon, or more precisely, as the moon passes into Earth's shadow. The moon has to be full for a lunar eclipse to occur — this is the only time the moon is directly on the other side of the earth from the sun. In addition, you have to be on the side of the earth facing the moon.
The moon travels around the earth about once every month, which makes it seem we should see an eclipse that often. The lunar orbit is tipped about 5 degrees to Earth's orbit, however, so most of the time the moon passes just above or below our orbit, allowing the sun's rays to reflect off the moon's surface.
A lunar eclipse can be seen with the naked eye. Telescopes and binoculars help bring details more in focus. April's lunar eclipse is a bonus for night owls. The eclipse begins just before midnight, with totality lasting from 1:07 to 2:25 a.m.
"People should note the color and darkness of the moon during totality," advises Greg Halac of the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society. "It can typically range from orange to dark brick red depending on the particles in the atmosphere and how close the moon passes to the center of the earth's shadow."
Even during totality, the moon does not completely disappear. Space.com explains that some sunlight passes through Earth's atmosphere, is scattered and refracted, and refocused back on the moon. The orange or red glow happens because red light is not scattered as much as other colors in the spectrum.
Halac adds, "Another thing to look for is how many more stars appear during totality than were visible under the moonlight."


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Kerry Lying About Anti-War Past, Supporter Alleges
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
March 18, 2004
(CNSNews.com) - A Vietnam War historian and supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has told CNSNews.com that Kerry is lying about key events related to his anti-war activities in 1971.
Kerry said he hasn't spoken to former anti-war associate Al Hubbard since the two men appeared side by side on national television in April 1971, but according to author Gerald Nicosia, that assertion is wrong. So is Kerry's insistence that he did not attend a November 1971 meeting of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), at which group members discussed the possibility of assassinating U.S. senators who were still supporting the war in Vietnam, Nicosia said.
Nicosia backed up his comments regarding Kerry's presence at the November 1971 meeting by providing CNSNews.com with the FBI's redacted files about that meeting.
Questions about events that happened 33 years ago continue to nag the Kerry candidacy as the Massachusetts Democrat's November match-up against President Bush comes into sharper focus. Kerry faces increasing skepticism about answers he gave to certain questions as well as recent statements he made, including his claim that some foreign leaders had told him they were hopeful Bush would be defeated this year.
Among the questions surrounding Kerry's involvement as a 27-year-old anti-war protester are those about his relationship with Hubbard, the former executive director of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. Kerry and Hubbard appeared on NBC's Meet the Press on April 18, 1971 to argue for an end to the war.
But shortly thereafter, Hubbard, who had been introduced on the NBC program as a decorated Air Force captain, was exposed for having exaggerated his military credentials. A separate news investigation revealed that there were no military records showing that Hubbard had either served in Vietnam or was injured there.
Last week, during a Capitol Hill news conference, CNSNews.com asked Kerry whether he was still in touch with Hubbard or whether he was willing to repudiate Hubbard because of Hubbard's fabricated war record.
"I haven't talked to Al Hubbard since that week" of the Meet the Press appearance, Kerry replied. Kerry also said he did not believe that VVAW's credibility was hurt as a result of Hubbard falsifying his war record.
But Gerald Nicosia, author of the book Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement and a Kerry supporter, disagreed with Kerry's contention that he and Hubbard saw no more of each other after the week of April 18, 1971.
"That is bull****. No, no, [Kerry] saw [Hubbard] at numerous meetings after that, including the one I talk about in my book, the July meeting in St. Louis," Nicosia told CNSNews.com .
[Kerry] saw [Hubbard] in July, and according to FBI [files on Vietnam Veterans Against the War] and the minutes of those meetings, [Kerry] probably saw him in November [1971] too," Nicosia said.
Kerry and Hubbard had a heated argument at the St. Louis meeting in July that was "witnessed by 200 veterans," according to Nicosia.
Despite the presidential candidate's claim last week that Hubbard had not hurt the anti-war group's credibility in 1971, Kerry actually believed otherwise, according to Nicosia.
"There was a big fight with Al Hubbard in which Kerry confronted him and they were screaming at each other across the hall," Nicosia explained. Hubbard, who had ties to the radical Black Panthers group, and Kerry "couldn't have been more opposite personalities," Nicosia said.
The simmering tension between the two men finally reached a boil in St. Louis, Nicosia said, with Kerry shouting, "Who are you, Al Hubbard? Are you even really a veteran?
"So it was a big screaming match," he added.
Nicosia told CNSNews.com he was uncomfortable disputing Kerry's statements.
"I am in kind of an awkward position here. I am a Kerry supporter and I certainly don't want to do anything that hurts him. On the other hand, my number one allegiance is to truth. So I am going to go with where the facts are, and John is going to have to deal with that," Nicosia said.
"I am having some problems with the things he is saying right now, which are not matching up with accuracy," he added. November 1971 meeting Nicosia also disputed Kerry's denial that he was in attendance when VVAW members met in Kansas City in November 1971 to discuss the possibility of assassinating U.S. senators still committed to the Vietnam War.
Kerry was at the meeting, Nicosia insisted, pointing to FBI files and the minutes from the VVAW meeting, which he has obtained. "The minutes of the meeting -- November 12th through the15th -- it's got John Kerry there, it's got John Kerry resigning there on the third day," Nicosia said.
Nicosia provided CNSNews.com with a copy of the FBI's redacted files of that November 1971 VVAW meeting. The files refer to the fact that Kerry had "resigned for 'personal reasons.'"
"You are talking to a Kerry supporter, but I will tell you, after everything that I have heard and seen, I would conclude that he was there," he added.
Nicosia said he is not sure why Kerry is answering questions on the issue in the manner he is.
"Why didn't [former President Bill] Clinton say he [had sex with] Monica Lewinsky? It took him until he had to be confronted with the hard evidence before he said he did," Nicosia said.
"I think [Kerry] may be worried or the people around him may be worried that his association with VVAW is a very negative thing and they want John to back away from it," he added.
Nicosia concluded with advice for Kerry.
"The chickens are coming home to roost, and unfortunately he is starting to backtrack and I personally don't think backtracking is going to work because people are going to go at him and find the discrepancies," Nicosia said.
As recently as two days ago, Kerry's presidential campaign spokesman David Wade told the New York Sun that, "Kerry was not at the Kansas City meeting." Wade added that Kerry had resigned from the VVAW "sometime in the summer of 1971."


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New details are raising questions about the timing of revelations that the agency targeted conservative groups.
Revelations that the Internal Revenue Service targeted conservative groups have put the Obama White House on the defensive and are raising serious questions about what officials knew, and when they knew it.
Among the new details that have come out: At least one official at the IRS knew in 2011 about the efforts to single out conservative groups who applied for tax-exempt status. The White House counsel knew about the IRS story during the week of April 22, more than two weeks before the president said he found out about it, press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. And Senate Republicans and Democrats engaged in a tug-of-war over whether the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative groups throughout 2012.
The drip-drip of news since the story broke on Friday when the IRS' Lois Lerner admitted the agency targeted conservative groups, only underscores the high political stakes for the White House.
The IRS scandal and fresh questions about Obama's handling of the Benghazi attacks have set the White House on its heels. The next mile marker will likely be the release of the full inspector general's report that was leaked over the weekend and that detailed how far back the IRS' knowledge of the targeting extended. Until then, orient yourself with National Journal's timeline.


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The Government's Digital Britain plan is a failure that gives favourable treatment to the music business and props up failed business models, a software trade body has said.
The Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software (FAST IiS), which promotes the legitimate use of software, has launched a stinging attack on the Digital Britain report and on the way the music industry has approached the threat of digital piracy.
"The entertainment sector appear to have lobbied the Government to consider establishing a 'pirates tax' on all of us as well as yet another quango to oversee it, meaning more cost, and more hassle," said FAST IiS chief executive John Lovelock.
FAST IiS said that the Government should protect all digital industries equally, and not give special treatment to one.
"FAST IiS is urging the Government to commit itself to 'joined-up' government and consider all forms of digital content when investigating changing the law and legal approach to digital content theft," said a statement from the organisation.
"FAST IiS contend that the Government's interim 'Digital Britain' report investigating the state of the digital economy has failed to approach the issue of intellectual property rights in a coherent way; and until the government works with all the digital content providers representative bodies any attempts to legislate in favour of any one particular sector is not only unfair but also seriously misguided," it said.
The Digital Britain report said that the Government would pass laws forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to gather information about record label-identified illegal file-sharers and to pass on that information under court order.
It also said that ISPs will be forced to notify illegal file-sharers that their conduct is against the law. The plans stopped short of a demand that ISPs disconnect offending users.
"All digital content is equal before the law and so too should be all digital industries. A piecemeal approach will confuse digital consumers, both the public and businesses, will muddy the legal framework and will therefore ultimately impede Britain's success in the new digital economy of the twenty-first century," said Lovelock.
"Put bluntly we all need this sector to be working effectively and fairly. Favouritism is not going to help ailing business methods, and making all consumers face a 'broadband tax' to cover the few that steal content smacks of cynical revenue protection," said Lovelock.
The Digital Britain report proposed a new rights agency to work to protect copyrighted content, and suggested that it be funded by industry. This has led some commentators to conclude that a 'tax' will be levied on broadband connections.
FAST IiS said that its industry had changed the way it conducted its business to deal with the challenges of piracy and that the entertainment industries should do the same.
"Over the past decade the software industry has evolved to become more user focused and ever more adaptable to changing market conditions. The right to use software, that is to say licensing, has evolved from 'single instance', 'per user' and 'site' licences to encompass Application Service Provision, Software-as-a-Service, Pay-As-You-Go and so on," said Lovelock.
"I think it's time that [the entertainment] industries came up to speed in the modern market and changed their business models to encourage their customers to use the internet for their purchasing," he said.
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A man who was arrested for driving without a license urinated on an X-ray machine and a detention officer, authorities said.
Raymond E. Lawhorn, 34, was driving in Gainesville Sunday and hit a curb with his right front tire, The Gainesville Sun reported.
Lawhorn tried to make a turn, almost hit a median and came close to hitting a marked police car, the report said.
When he was stopped, he told the Gainesville Police that he did not have a license because it had been revoked, the report said.
But it was when he was taken to the Alachua County jail that Lawhorn began urinating in public. According to the report, he urinated on the floor, the X-ray machine and an officer.
He refused to be arrested and officers had to place him on the ground to handcuff him. He faces charges of battery on detention staff, resisting arrest without violence, and driving while license revoked.
Lawhorn was later released on $10,000 bond. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.
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Did you hear that drinking pineapple juice can help prevent pregnancy? Or that sharks and bears can tell when a girl is menstruating and will emerge from the depths and attack?
Ridiculous you say? The sort of thing perpetuated in backward cultures overseas? Sadly these false rumors and urban legends are popular among our boys and girls here who aren't getting the facts about their bodies and how they work.
Bad information isn't a joke. The consequences range from big problems like increased risk of teen pregnancy, to less-acknowledged ones, like girls sitting on the sidelines instead of participating in sports and social activities. Just watch MTV's lineup and you see it – the show "16 and Pregnant" is so popular that it spawned "Teen Mom 2."
Just teen reality shows, some say. They grow out of it? C'mon. It was just 8 months ago that former GOP Senate Candidate Todd Akin famously said "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down."
How can this ignorance persist when Gloria Steinem, the chief proponent that knowledge about our bodies is power, is still hard at work at 79 years old?
Kotex, the feminine products manufacturer, is taking the lead in a public education campaign to stop the myths, misinformation and embarrassment. Their "Generation Know" program invites anyone with questions to ask, and is debunking myths on tv commercials, online and on packaging. The answers are frank and factual, using moms, doctors and young women as spokeswomen.
But incredibly Adweek magazine reports resistance from the major broadcast networks to air the ads. Reporter Noreen O'Leary writes in the article:" The networks all requested the spots get reworked to avoid use of the word vagina. One of the myths the campaign seeks to dispel is the fear that tampons will get lost inside of users, an idea deemed to be too visually provocative for consumers in the networks' minds. (Never mind that erectile dysfunction TV ads are allowed to mention side effects like eight-hour erections.)"
Why would American broadcast networks behave like Nepalese state television, a country where girls are dropping out of school once their periods start because they lack feminine hygiene products? Indeed, these girls won't have the chance to "lean in" with Sheryl Sandberg if they never graduate high school.
By the way, numbers show Kotex' U Campaign is proving popular with the target audience. Adweek reports "In the campaign's first month, the brand has seen a 68 percent increase in YouTube traffic and a 379 percent rise in the amount of social conversation.
"Getting consumers talking is key. In the past, 'you had to dance around the subject like it was a pharmaceutical product, and a period was treated like a disease,' said Ogilvy account supervisor Terri Mattucci. 'We really had to push the envelope here. In order to be an honest brand, it's up to us to be more open in our discussion about it.'"
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OCEAN CITY – Tickets for Ocean City's 2010 Springfest headline acts go on sale
10 a.m. Friday, July 24. An exciting line-up of musical entertainment has been scheduled and you will want to get your tickets now for the best seats in the house. Set for May 6-9, 2010, Springfest will present Captain Fantastic, the Country Rat Pack Tour and the Teen Idols.
On Thursday, May 6 at 8 p.m., take a musical journey with the Rocket Man, Captain Fantastic, the premier Elton John Tribute Show. Captain Fantastic and the Rocketband perform stunning re-creations of your favorite Elton John hits from the 70s. You'll be amazed with the costumes that go from bizarre to breathtaking, not to mention the baby grand piano that will shower you with lights, smoke, lasers and a few surprises. Tickets for this fantastic show are $5 and $10.
On Friday, May 7, the evening headline act features the Country Rat Pack Tour of Tracy Byrd, Tracy Lawrence and Richie McDonald. This show promises an evening of unplugged songs and stories from the hit makers. Tracy Byrd's hits have included "Lifestyles of the Not So Rich and Famous," "Watermelon Crawl" and "The Keeper of the Stars," just to mention a few. Then there's Tracy Lawrence's hits to consider, including "You Find Out Who Your Friends Are," "Alibis" and "Time Marches On." Add Richie McDonald, former star front man of Lonestar, whose hits include "Mr. Mom," "What About Now" and "Amazed," and a night of spectacular country music is guaranteed.
Ticket prices for the Rat Pack Tour range from $20 to $40.
On Saturday, May 8, take a trip down Memory Lane, with the Teen Idols – Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, Micky Dolenz of The Monkees and Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere and the Raiders.
With more than a combined 175 million records sold, the Teen Idols promise a night filled with special songs. From Peter Noone who led Herman's Hermits through the British Invasion with hits like "I'm Henry VIII, I Am" and "Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely Daughter," to Micky Dolenz, the lead singer of the chart-busting television phenomenon group The Monkees and hits like "I'm a Believer" and "Last Train to Clarksville," to Mark Lindsay's "Indian Reservation" and "Arizona," a truly special evening is yours to enjoy. Tickets are from $20 to $47.
Tickets for all headline acts go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, July 24 at the box office located in the Roland E. Powell Convention Center on 40th Street. Box office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. You may also order through TicketMaster at 1-800-551-7328 or www.ticketmaster.com.
Tickets also are still available for Sunfest 2009 headliners. On Thursday, September 24, The Village People entertain with ticket prices at just $15 to $25. Then on Friday, September 25, enjoy the country harmony of Little Big Town with tickets from $20 to $40. On Saturday, September 26, Rick Springfield rocks the Sunfest stage. Tickets range from $20 to $50.
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The deep, sweet flavor of white miso gives salmon an umami-packed supercharge. Look for containers of refrigerated miso and bottles of mirin in better supermarkets or at Asian markets.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- Active Time
- 20 minutes
- Total Time
- 30 minutes
- Vegetable oil
- 4 10-to 12-ounces salmon steaks, bone in
- 1/3 cup white miso
- 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
- 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced peeled fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon Asian sesame oil
- Kosher salt
- 4 lime wedges (for serving)
- Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil; brush lightly with vegetable oil. Place salmon steaks on prepared baking sheet. Whisk miso, mirin, vinegar, ginger, and sesame oil in a small bowl to blend. Spread half the miso mixture over salmon steaks; season lightly with salt. Turn salmon steaks over and spread with remaining miso mixture; season lightly with salt. Cover with plastic wrap and let marinate at room temperature for at least 15 minutes, or refrigerate for up to 1 hour.
- Position an oven rack 6"–8"from broiler and preheat. Broil salmon, turning once, until golden brown and just opaque in center, 10–12 minutes total.
- Transfer salmon steaks to plates and serve with lime wedges.
Per serving: 405 calories, 20 g fat, .3 g fiber


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June Newsletter WBVN Creed
"I believe that what I believe is what makes me who I am. I did not make it, no it is making me. It is the very truth of God and not the invention of any man…" Lyrics from "Creed" by Rich Mullins
WBVN began broadcasting the Gospel of Grace the afternoon of January 8th, 1990. That's considered the "start" of this ministry, however the real beginning of this ministry is more closely associated with a message rather than a date. Our message starts with the simple truth that Jesus is "the way, the truth and the life." He is, and was intended to be by the Father, our everything, standing alone as the central figure in the Gospel message, sharing the stage with no other performer. He alone has been made to us Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification and Redemption. (1 Cor. 1:30) For that to be true, it's our contention that while the Law had a limited purpose, Christ's ministry is "limitless" and now stands as the only object of our Faith. Paul taught that prior generations were spoken to by Moses and the Prophets "in many portions and many ways", but in these days He has spoken to us in "His Son".
Behavior modification based on the Law will not produce the Power of God we all hope for; the Power we all need! Romans 1:16-17 instructs that a revelation of the Righteousness of God is what will empower us. The Law had two revelations in it: one: you don't measure up and two: no one else does either! John 5:45 shows Jesus accusing the hearers of trusting the Law of Moses, setting their hope on ordinances rather than a "Faith" such as Abraham's. That kind of thinking was a mistake for believers then and it's a mistake for us today!
The Law teaches if we do well enough, we'll succeed. Grace says receive Mercy and Peace and you will do well enough! Paul said teaching the Law was a "the ministry of death and condemnation" (2Cor. 3:7,9), contrasting it with the ministry of reconciliation: teaching that in Christ, God reconciled the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them. (2Cor 5:18-19) We trust in the Scripture: "…the Gentiles which followed not after Righteousness have obtained Righteousness, even the Righteousness which is by Faith (a free gift). But Israel, which followed after the Law of Righteousness, has not attained the Law of Righteousness…because they sought it not by Faith, but as it were by the works of the Law. For they stumbled at the stumbling stone (Jesus). (Romans 9:30-32) "For not knowing about God's Righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the Righteousness of God…For Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness to everyone that believes. (Rom. 10:3,4) "…For with the heart man believeth unto Righteousness". (Rom. 10:10)
As an "angel of light" the spirit of Satan wants believers under the Law. He knows we'll always be succeeding at one part but failing at another. Our hearts know if we fail at one we're guilty of all! Therefore, we live in "self-condemnation" as well as the condemnation of those around us. That knowledge will eventually lead us to just give up, becoming hopeless of ever pleasing God. There's only one solution, and its God's solution offered to us through Faith: there's no remedy except Jesus. "Man is not justified by the works of the Law, but by the Faith of Jesus Christ…by no works of the Law shall any flesh be justified…I (Paul) do not frustrate the Grace of God, for if Righteousness came by the Law, then Christ has died needlessly!" (Gal. 2:16,21) "… the just shall live by Faith and the Law is not of Faith…Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the Law, being made a curse for us…that the blessing of Abraham (Righteousness by Faith) might come upon the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through Faith…. For if the inheritance be of the Law, it is no more a promise: but God gave it to Abraham (and us) by a promise…for if there had been a Law given which could have given life, verily Righteousness should have been by the Law…the Law as a schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by Faith, but after that Faith is come we are not longer under a schoolmaster." (Gal. 3:11-25) The Law entered that the offense might increase (get bigger!!!), it added to our problem not the other way round. (Rom. 5:20)
"Tell me, you that desire to be under the Law, do you hear the Law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid and the other by a freewomen. But he (Ishmael) that was born of the bondwoman (Hagar) was born after the flesh (was by Abraham's ability and will); but he of the freewoman (Sarah) was by promise (by the Father's promise)…these are the two covenants, one giving bondage (Law), one that is free (Grace)…now we brethren, as was Isaac, are the children of His promise. But as then, he that was born of the flesh persecuted him that was born of the Spirit, even so it is now…(Now, we should) cast out the bondwoman (the old), for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the of the freewoman (the new). Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage…Christ is of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the Law, you are fallen from Grace." For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of Righteousness by Faith. If you be lead by the Spirit you are not under the Law. (Gal. 4:21- 5:18) Much of the time when we mix Law and Grace, we're trying to put new wine (Grace) in an old wineskin (Law). We know the result of that…. it will not work! (Luke 5: 36-39) Or another way: A little leaven (Law) leavens the whole loaf (bread of Life).
Most of the time, if we're to "rightly divide" the Word of God, we'll have to separate the work of the Law from Christ's work. That's because what the "Law" could not do, Jesus has done! Hebrews, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Timothy (all were written by Paul who was described as the only one God took aside and explained the Mystery of Christ) are all comparative books, comparative by separating Law from Grace, the dividing of the Old and the New Covenant.
Our sufficiency must come from Christ and Christ alone. We can add nothing to the Cross and the Resurrection; doing so diminishes their Glory! Paul wrote in 2Cor. 3:5. "not that we are sufficient of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; who has made us ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter (Law) killeth, but the Spirit giveth Life… for even unto this day, when Moses is read (Law) the veil is upon our hearts, nevertheless, when it (our hearts) shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away." "Now the Lord is the Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty."
Paul warns: beware the concision (law teachers) for we are the circumcision which Worship God in the Spirit and rejoice in Christ Jesus and have no confidence in the flesh. (Law)…thought I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he might trust in the flesh, I even more: Circumcised on the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the Law, a Pharisee; concerning zeal, persecuting the church, touching the Righteousness which is in the Law, blameless! But what things were gain to me, those things I counted loss for Christ…I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, counting them as dung that I might win Christ. And be found in Him, not having a Righteousness which is of the Law, but that which is through Faith in Christ, the Righteousness which is of God by Faith". (Phil 3:2-9) "… by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight. For by the Law is knowledge of sin, but now that Righteousness that is without the Law is manifest…the Righteousness of God which is by Faith in Jesus Christ …being justified freely by His Grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus… therefore we conclude that a man is justified by Faith without the deeds of the Law." (Rom. 3:20-28)
As believers, we're continually being confronted with whom we will put our trust in. …However, if the first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. For finding fault, He said, "Behold the days come says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant in the day when I took them by the hand and lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant…for I will have Mercy to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." (Heb. 8:6-13) He will take away the first that He might establish the second. By which we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ Jesus once and for all!" (Heb. 10:4-10)
In the four Gospels Jesus taught Law in such a way that he simply raised the bar so high knowing no one could meet the Law's demands. (We need to remember that the Gospels were still part of the Old Testament 'circumstance'. The new testament begins with power at the death and resurrection of Jesus, changing the environment we all now live in beginning with the empty tomb!) Jesus went so far as to teach that to even think about a deed was to be guilty of performing it. So far as to teach that, being guilty of one made the hearer guilty of all! He made sure we realized that it's impossible to satisfy the Law. It can't be done. We're left with only one remedy: Jesus Christ. Jesus "fulfilled the Law on our behalf and set us free from the Law of sin and death". (Rom. 8:2)
Now the final point to this "Creed". Paul taught there was a Rest that resulted from knowing these things. He compares it to the Israelites coming out of Egypt, "but the Word of God preached to them did not profit them, not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it: they did not enter into His Rest because of their unbelief. We don't enter into His Rest because of the same reason. We'll know when we've entered into it because, "he that is entered into His Rest, he also has ceased from his works…let us labor therefore to enter into that Rest". (Heb. 4:9-11) Jesus taught that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. The disciples asked Jesus, "what shall we do, that we might work the works of God?" Jesus reply: "this is the work of God, that you believe on whom he has sent." (John 6:27-29) It's a full time job to fight your way through unbelief and unbelief's allies, but in the end, it's the only thing we're demanded to do as work. Believing will produce "fruit" in our lives but that fruit comes as a result of believing Christ sufficiency first. We're not of those that believe we can perfect the flesh so that we might become "spiritual". Ours is a belief that the Spiritual will manifest dominion over the flesh, not the other way round. Paul called those that thought the Law manifested the Spiritual "foolish" and "bewitched". (Gal. 3:1)
Our work is to labor at being "in His Rest". Our role is to stay strong, be rooted and grounded in His Love and not moved away from the "full Gospel of Christ". This is our Creed. It's who we are. It's what we depend on to hold us up and establish us. Jesus is the sacrificial Lamb, he is the Passover, he is our Jubilee, he's "all in all". "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and the recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." (Isa. 61, Luke4) Literally, to be the Good News.
Finally, we're not to study the Word so that we will fulfill the Law and therefore be approved by God. Christ granted you that approval for free. We should study to show ourselves, to actually discover for ourselves, we're approved of God only because of one thing: Jesus Christ! The Old Testament is a shadow of the New Testament. The "Light" shines out of the New and cast a shadow in understanding on the Old. We need to subject our understanding of the Old to the Revelation of the "Light" in the New, not the other way around.
We believe in what we believe and it makes us who we are, we did not make it, for it is making us!


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The first trailer for the James Patterson adaptation Alex Cross has landed online. The film sees Tyler Perry taking over the titular role that was previously inhabited by Morgan Freeman in Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls. Though I tried to go into this trailer with an open mind, if it weren't for the movie stars you'd be forgiven for thinking this was a Lifetime Movie of the Week. Perry tries way too hard at being the toughened detective, director Rob Cohen (xXx) shows off his penchant for explosions, and I have no idea what's up with Matthew Fox but he's going way over the top for the villain role. It'll be interesting to see how this plays for Patterson fans, as Summit is hoping that Alex Cross kicks off a string of franchise films for Perry.
Hit the jump to watch the trailer. The film also stars Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito, and John C. McGinley. Alex Cross opens on October 19th.


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